Wednesday, 9 September 2009

Anyone for some mocks?

We've had one week of the college football season and the NFL schedule doesn't begin until tomorrow, however it's never too early to check on the latest mock drafts.

Walter Cherepinsky updated his 2010 mock today. It's a three round prediction, with the Seahawks picking at #4 and #21 in the first. They take a pair of explosive play makers in Eric Berry (S, Tennessee) and Jahvid Best (RB, California). Interestingly, Russell Okung (OT, Oklahoma St) goes first overall to Kansas City. Personally, I'll be surprised if Okung is the first guy taken next April.

Matt McGuire also has a new mock out. The Seahawks pick second overall and sixteenth. They concentrate on offense, taking Sam Bradford (QB, Oklahoma) and Jonathan Dwyer (RB, Georgia Tech). In McGuire's mock, Carlos Dunlap (DE, Florida) is the first pick going to the Raiders. I could easily see a situation where Dunlap, Gerald McCoy (DT, Oklahoma) and NdamukongSuh (DT, Nebraska) all go in the top five.

Draft Tek's sophisticated software has calculated a new consensus mock. The Seahawks pick at #8 and #13 and go heavy on offense - selecting Sam Bradford and Selvish Capers (OT, West Virginia). The Detroit Lions are picking first overall again and this time they select NdamukongSuh - my #1 ranked draft prospect heading into this years college season.

Draft King thinks the Seahawks will have two picks in the top twelve. He says Colt McCoy (QB, Texas) at #6 and Ciron Black (OT, LSU) at #12. I have to admit, I'm not a fan of the picks. I don't think McCoy is a top 10 pick next year and really needs to go to a system that suites him. He'd be a wiser choice for someone like Denver, who will really on short routes and a lot of shotgun. Black is only a border line first round pick.

NFL Draft Dog has the Seahawks picking first overall. Not sure how the team would react to being lumbered with that kind of forced investment! It's of course the Broncos pick, I'm not sure Denver will be that bad in 2009. The Seahawks take Sam Bradford with the #1 pick and return to select Morgan Burnett (S, Georgia Tech) with the 18th selection.

7 comments:

Patrick
said...

I know it's practically a year away, but I still love reading these mock drafts! With that said, I loved Walter's draft and would be thrilled if Seattle ended up with Eric Berry/ Jahvid Best. I do think it's a little interesting that in the majority of the drafts we picked Sam Bradford. I guess I'm just not as sold on Bradford as I feel like I should be.

I'm in the same position Patrick. I'm of the impression that there's never going to be a QB sitting there whom the consensus feel is going to come in, be a guaranteed franchise QB. There's an element of risk with any guy you take at that position. Bradford has shown a tremendous level of accuracy, he has decent arm strength. However, his mechanics could do with a tweak and he's very skinny. He hasn't taken many hits in his career because of the solid O-line, but when he did on Saturday he took a serious injury. Compare that to Tim Tebow, who knocks linebackers out of the way and gets right back up.

It'll be an interesting year for QB's. There's the obvious names, but also now the emergence of guys like Clausen, Pike etc. It could be a good year to have two picks if the team want to take a chance on a young QB.

Rob, what do you think the opportunity will be to trade the Denver pick for multiple picks? We need a left tackle, safety, running back(s), CB, and a future QB. I think Matt has 2 to 3 more years. Quality depth would be more valuable than spending the high pick on a QB which has 30/70 chance of success in the first round.

It's impossible to say at the moment foutaindale because obviously we don't know what value the pick has. If it ends up being a top five pick I'd say the chance would be pretty difficult to trade back.

I think it's important to stress that you can never fill every need and that you don't necessarily have to own the perfect roster to win a Superbowl. Pittsburgh had very big questions on the offensive line and to an extent at RB last year. Ben Roethlisberger was getting booed at one point. They still won a title.

Although in an ideal world you would fill every need, I think more likely the team has to focus on building a structure for the future. For that reason alone I think Seattle has to seriously consider it's QB options in the next draft. Owning two picks they could realistically get an 'impact' pick and one with a view to the future. They may never get a better time to draft an eventual successor to Hasselbeck.

At the same time, I see the top three players in next years draft potentially being defensive lineman. It might not be the biggest need, but neither was Aaron Curry this year.

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